Textile fabric



y 4, 1939- H. M. KELSOQ JR 2,164,925

TEXTILE FABRIC Filed Dec. 17, 1956 2 J2 J5 ga tented July 4 1939 I, r k v sra'ras PATENT OFFICE 'rax'rrm FABRIC Harrison M. Kelso, in, Evanston, Ill., assignmto' Sears, Roebuck and Co-., Chicago, 111., a cor- .poration of New York iil'i anon December 17, 1936. Serial No, 116,337

6 Claims. .(Cl. 139-383) My ihverition relates to textile fabrics, and has the reinforced areas lB 'are preferably single-ply. to do more particularly with an improved bed In the embodiment shown in Fig. 4 an addiv sheet which is so constructed as to give longer tional reinforced area 20 is provided-adjacent the life than an ordinary article of this class.- 7 longitudinal center line of-the sheet to provide- It is found that when sheets are laundered by for the wear incident to home ironing. In such modern methods, they are subjected to excessive areas 20 the warp threads are likewise of multiwear adjacent the longitudinal edges thereof, due ply construction. principally to the effect of mangling. In putting It will be understood that. in all the embodi-- a sheet through a mangle, it is presented along merits the number of warp threads per unit of a longitudinal edge, and early in the life of a sheet n ar m asu t s preferably un fo m r sub 1e creasing inevitably occurs adjacent the edge stantially uniform throughout the entire width which is presented to the mangle. Afterrepeated of the sheet, 1. e., in the reinforced areas as well mangling the sheet fails along said creases. I as the non-reinforced areas. For examp e. I m y have found after extensive investigation that such use 64 threads per inch for the warp threads and failures are due almost entirely to the breakage e same number for the Woof threads O 15 of t warp t r ever, it will be understood that this is merely Efforts have been made to strengthen sheets given by y Of p eand like fabrics by increasing the count of warp, By means of the Construction shown. sheets e or longitudinal threads, but I have found such .found to have a substantially longer life than attempts to be unsuccessful for several reasons ordinary sheets, or sheets otherwise reinforced.

Such constructions, for one thing, tend to pro- Various other changes coming Within t e Sp r t duce a puckering in the sheet which is not only of my invention y su est themse ves to those unsightly, but destroys the object of the rein- Skilled in h a hence, 1 do n Wish to be forcement by increasing the probability of creaslimited) the Specific forms shown 0 u es mening in th mangling operation tioned, except to the extent indicated in the ap- According to my present invention, a sheet is pended claims, which are to be interpreted as reinforced by the use of multi-ply warp threads broadly the State of the art i P in the area which is to be reinforced. By this I m: means the life of the fabric is substantially in- A Woven sheet having a substantially umcreased, while there is no detraction from the apform number 0f Warp threads P r u t of l near pearance; in other words, there is no puckering measurement e t en e Width, d or other unsightly or disadvantageous effect, as having reinforced strengthened a as adjacent its in the case where the thread count is increased. longitudinal Edges, the p t eads in said areas Referring, now, to the drawing-forming a p t each consisting of a relatively greater number of of this specification and illustrating a preferred Plies, a11d being of a r s ength than the 35 embodiment of my inv nti threads in the area therebetween.

Fig. 1 is a plan view on an exaggerated scale 2. A woven sheet having a substantially uniof a bed sheet embodying my invention, form number of warp threads per unit of linear Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken substantially measurement throughout its entire t an along the line of 2-2 of Fig. 1, on a greatly maghaving reinforced strengthened areas adjacent 4o nified scale, its lhngitudinal edges,-=.the warp threads in said Fig. 3 is a sectional viewsimilar to Fig. 2 and areas each consisting a n ur v of p e and showing a modified form of my invention, and being of greater s r th th n th s n l ply Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1 and showing h s in t e ar a thereb tween. another m difi ati of my invention, 3. A woven sheet having a substantially uni- The sheet shown in Fig.1 is formed of a pluform number of p threads, and a a rality of warp or longitudinal threads I: and a tially uniform number f si p y wo thr ads. plurality of woof -or transverse threads l5. As D u of linear measurement throughout its shown best in Fig. 2, the woof threads 15 are unientire Width d length, and hlivin reinforced formly single-ply. The warp threads in areas is strengthened areas adjacent t e es, he warp 50 extending for a substantial width adjacent the threads in said areas h ns st n of a plurality longitudinal edges l8, l8 are multi-ply; for exof plies, and being. of greater strength than the ample, they may be two-ply threads I20, as single ply threads in the area therebetween. shown in Fig. 2, or three-ply threads 12b, as 4. A woven sheet having a" substantially unishown in Fig. 3. The warpthrcads l2 between form number of warp threads-perv unit of linear 55 measurement throughout its entire width, and having reinforced strengthened areas adjacent its longitudinal edges, and in the longitudinal center of the sheet, the warp threads in said areas consisting of a relatively greater number of plies. and being of greater strength than the threads in the intervening areas. a

5. A woven. sheet having a substantially uniform number of warp threads per unit of linear measurement throughout its entire width, and having reinforced strengthened areas adjacent its longitudinal edges, the warp threads in said areas each consisting of a relatively greater number of piles, and being or greater strength than the threads in the area immediately inwardly thereadjacent, the first-mentioned set of threads being uniformly of the same number of plies, and the second-mentioned set of threads being uniformly of the same number of plies, the woof threads being uniformly of the same number of plies as the second-mentioned set of threads, and consisting of a substantially uniform number of threads entire length of the sheet.

6. A woven sheet having a substantially uniform number of warp threads per unit of linear measurement throughout its entire width, and having reinforced strengthened areas adjacent its longitudinal edges, and in the longitudinal center of the sheet, the warp threads in said areas each consisting of a relatively greater number of piles and being of greater strengththan the threads in the intervening areas, the first-menper unit of linear measurement throughout the 

